First Harvest, now to Cure.

dusty82

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So I chopped my first of 2 plants at Day 52 of flower. Trichs were pretty much all cloudy with a little bit of amber. Dried weight was 2.2oz, now just sitting in Jars for curing. Here are some pics after I chopped em. I've got 1 more lady I'm letting go till the end of the week.
 

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dusty82

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I'll take some more close ups tonight. I was running 1 x 1000W MH for Veg and 1 x 400w MH and 1 x 400w HPS for flower. No fancy nutes, soil checkers, or feeding schedule. I used Plant prod 20-20-20 for Veg and Plant Prod 15-30-15 for flower, with Seaweed Concentrate for foliar spray and in watering throughout until the last week.
 

rwbrock

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Cool looks good. Curious as to why the yield was so low. What method do you use to grow? How long veg, etc. you have lots of light I would think you could pull at least 2 oz per plant? I use a just one 400 hid/hps for veg/flower and can get 2 oz per plant but I have a small grow 2-4 plants in my closet.
 

dusty82

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Cool looks good. Curious as to why the yield was so low. What method do you use to grow? How long veg, etc. you have lots of light I would think you could pull at least 2 oz per plant? I use a just one 400 hid/hps for veg/flower and can get 2 oz per plant but I have a small grow 2-4 plants in my closet.
No, the 2.2 oz was from just one plant, I've still got one going till tomorrow.
 

dusty82

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So wait. You used close to only 1000 watts on 2 plants?
I had 4 but two turned to Male, and I've also got a full garden going in there as well. 2 squash vines, 4 beefsteak tomato plants, italian broccoli, & Chinese giant red peppers
 

Swisher Sweet

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That is actually an ok yield if you are not using an LST, Scrog or Fim (Wim) method. Really experienced growers claim (its true) to yield not ounces but pounds off of individual plants but there is alot more going on to get those kind of yields-Swish
 

TentGrower101

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I use 2000w for 5 plants!!!Afgoo 4-19-13 001.jpgAfgoo 4-19-13 002.jpgIt cost me $2/day to run a 1000w 12 hours. I run a 1000w Halide for Vegg and 2000w HPS for flower. Now OP said he vegged under a 1000w and used 2x400wHalide and HPS for flower. Did u do this because u wanted even light spread, did u not have an HPS bulb for the 1000w? Let me post something here to show u that u should do it the other way. Two 400w cant equal the power of 1000w, especially HPS(140,000 lumens). A 400w Halide puts out 40,000 lumens and the HPS puts out 55,000. U need another 400watts.footcandles 001.jpgfootcandles 002.jpgHopefully this will help. Good luck here is what my harvest of 1 plant looks like, I did it last night, I needed weed. I will let the other 4 go another week, oh yea, this plant flowere 52 days under 2000w HPS.Afgoo Harvest 4-26-2013 001.jpgAfgoo Harvest 4-26-2013 011.jpgAfgoo Harvest 4-26-2013 004.jpgAfgoo Harvest 4-26-2013 005.jpgAfgoo Harvest 4-26-2013 010.jpg
 

dusty82

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That is actually an ok yield if you are not using an LST, Scrog or Fim (Wim) method. Really experienced growers claim (its true) to yield not ounces but pounds off of individual plants but there is alot more going on to get those kind of yields-Swish
I'm thinking of doing s scrog grow next, I've got a wooden slat lattice 4' x 4' that would fit perfectly in my grow room.
 

dusty82

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I use 2000w for 5 plants!!!View attachment 2633490View attachment 2633491It cost me $2/day to run a 1000w 12 hours. I run a 1000w Halide for Vegg and 2000w HPS for flower. Now OP said he vegged under a 1000w and used 2x400wHalide and HPS for flower. Did u do this because u wanted even light spread, did u not have an HPS bulb for the 1000w? Let me post something here to show u that u should do it the other way. Two 400w cant equal the power of 1000w, especially HPS(140,000 lumens). A 400w Halide puts out 40,000 lumens and the HPS puts out 55,000. U need another 400watts.View attachment 2633502View attachment 2633503Hopefully this will help. Good luck here is what my harvest of 1 plant looks like, I did it last night, I needed weed. I will let the other 4 go another week, oh yea, this plant flowere 52 days under 2000w HPS.View attachment 2633504View attachment 2633509View attachment 2633505View attachment 2633506View attachment 2633507
I did this because I've got 8' ceilings in my garage and my 1000w MH is a High Bay fixture that hangs about 3 1/2 feet from the ceiling leaving not much room for vegging tall plants. It's also got a reflector because it's a downward pointing fixture, I cant turn it sideways but would it be better to remove the reflector and run open bulb for the whole grow?
 
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